>I agree with everything you say, but I still think that limiting a >datacenter's power capacity is anti business. >When limits are set by government, or in this case the power company, business >tends to look at relocating their business to somewhere where those limits >don't exist, or the overall costs are lower.
That has always been an issue. And, a solution. But, I have a question for you. What happens if the government/power company doesn't 'cap' power consumption, the data centre uses 'too much' and the grid blows? At least, this way, you can manage it without going belly-up. >Thats interesting that capacity planners now also consider power consumption. Now? I've been doing it since I worked for the Ontario Government in 1984. There, it was critical, due to the limits of UPS and DR. But, it was an issue at the first site I worked at (1981). Thier MG-Set couldn't keep the whole site up, if needed. Lately, it's been more of: Have enough power -- check. But, it has been an issue since 1981, in my experience. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
